Nine Inch Nails at Leeds Festival 2013 review

'A stunning return to the live scene'

8/10

In a festival era crammed with broken bands patching up their differences to accept the golden handshake of a reunion
show, it shouldn't be all that surprising to see Nine Inch Nailsback on the live circuit a mere four years after their 'Wave Goddbye' tour.

As Trent Reznor and his newest line-up of hired hands take to the stage tonight there's no notion of this
being a mere nostalgia trip in the name of the dollar, but a far more determined affair, marking a new chapter for the US
industrial metal Godfathers.

'Wish' and 'Terrible Lie' offer up an opening statement of intent which reminds everyone packed against
the front barrier why they were transfixed the first time around but it's difficult to ignore the lack of passion of
those behind the devotees with an unusual allowance of space well within the D barrier for the entirety of the set.

Despite being afforded a simliar set time as tonight's headliners, Biffy Clyro, NIN still
manage to make it feel painfully short as classic after classic is aired with an arsenal of gems kept in storage for future
performances.

In-between song banter is non-existent as Reznor and co plough through choice picks of an extinguished
past including 'March of the Pigs' and 'Piggy'.

'Head Like A Hole' replaces the much-missed 'Hurt' but it doesn't diminish from a stunning return to
the live scene by NIN.

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